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Abraham replied, "I thought, ‘There is absolutely no fear of God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.'

Now this was a very difficult thing for Abraham because of his son.

But God said to Abraham, "Do not be concerned about the boy and your slave. Whatever Sarah says to you, listen to her, because your offspring will be traced through Isaac.

But I will also make a nation of the slave's son because he is your offspring."

But Abraham complained to Abimelech because of the water well that Abimelech's servants had seized.

Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

and said, "By Myself I have sworn," this is the Lord 's declaration: "Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son,

And all the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring because you have obeyed My command."

Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The Lord heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for wild game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

He said to Jacob, "Let me eat some of that red stuff, because I'm exhausted." That is why he was also named Edom.

because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My mandate, My commands, My statutes, and My instructions."

Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, "So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister'?" Isaac answered him, "Because I thought I might die on account of her."

But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen and said, "The water is ours!" So he named the well Quarrel because they quarreled with him.

and the Lord appeared to him that night and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your offspring because of My servant Abraham."

But Isaac said to his son, "How did you ever find it so quickly, my son?" He replied, "Because the Lord your God worked it out for me."

He did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.

Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau determined in his heart: "The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob."

So Rebekah said to Isaac, "I'm sick of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob marries a Hittite woman like one of them, what good is my life?"

He reached a certain place and spent the night there because the sun had set. He took one of the stones from the place, put it there at his head, and lay down in that place.